On June 24, 2014, the National Assembly passed the Law No. 56/2014/QH13 Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Vietnamese Nationality, annuls the regulations that Overseas Vietnamese shall loose their Vietnamese nationality if not register to keep the nationality for 05 years.
Also in accordance with this Law, overseas Vietnamese who have not yet lost their Vietnamese nationality as prescribed by Vietnamese law before June 26, 2014 may retain their Vietnamese nationality. Overseas Vietnamese who have not yet lost their Vietnamese nationality but have no papers proving their Vietnamese nationality shall make registration with overseas Vietnamese representative missions to have their Vietnamese nationality determined and to be granted Vietnamese passports.
This Law takes effect on June 26, 2014.
